Ricky Steamboat To Appear As Special Guest Timekeeper On 8/17 AEW Dynamite
Ricky Steamboat will appear on the August 17 episode of AEW Dynamite.
Ricky Steamboat will appear on the August 17 episode of AEW Dynamite.
In a tweet on August 16, AEW president Tony Khan announced that Steamboat will be the special guest timekeeper for the event.
For tomorrow’s
Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite presented by @HBO’s @HouseofDragon, we have the perfect special guest timekeeper for the event:
Ricky The Dragon Steamboat, one of the greatest pro wrestlers of all-time, making his return to @TBSNetwork tomorrow night @ 8pm ET/7pm CT!— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) August 17, 2022
Steamboat’s presence on the show will be quite fitting; it will be presented by “House Of The Dragon”, the Game Of Thrones spinoff which will premiere on August 21 on HBO and HBO Max. The legend previously wrestled as Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, and Dynamite will also feature several other dragons.
“The American Dragon” Bryan Danielson will face :The Dragon Slayer” Daniel Garcia in a Two-out-of-Three Falls match. Plus, Dragon Lee will team up with RUSH and Andrade El Idolo to face The Young Bucks and a mystery partner in a first-round bout in the AEW World Trios Championship Tournament.
The updated lineup for the August 17 episode of AEW Dynamite is as follows:
AEW Dynamite (8/17)
- AEW World Trios Tournament Tournament First Round: Young Bucks & ??? vs. Andrade El Idolo, RUSH, and Dragon Lee
- 2 Out Of 3 Falls: Bryan Danielson vs. Daniel Garcia
- KiLynn King vs. Toni Storm
- Gunn Club (Austin and Colten Gunn) vs. Varsity Blonds (Brian Pillman Jr. and Griff Garrison)
Fightful will have full coverage of the show as it airs on Wednesday.
